I still remember the first time I planted strawberries and how deeply excited I was for a big harvest — the variety was “Allstar”. I was left with disappointment when the yields fell short of my expectations. After experimenting with several other strawberry varieties, somebody on an online forum suggested I look into “Chandler” and…
At one point in time, I used to stand in my garden and feel a sense of pride as I admired the vibrant green tops of my carrot patch. Last season, however, was a different story — pests had taken a toll on my harvest. Disappointed yet determined to turn things in the right direction,…
Last summer, I spotted unsettling yellow discoloration on the cabbages in my backyard and felt a wave of anxiety wash over me. Frankly, it was more than just a pang of worry; it felt like the culmination of my hard work was slipping away into nothingness. Here’s the fun part though: this year’s harvest emerged…
Until the age of 14, I never knew peas plants offered flowers. I vividly remember walking into my mom’s vegetable garden and noticing the vertically growing pea plants blooming; to be honest, it shook my world. “But mom weren’t pea plants only for peas?”, I asked my mom with a surprised look on my face….
Although I personally never experimented with spinach in my vegetable garden due to the warm climate of the area I reside in, my mom, who actually lives in a different, cooler region, has had many conversations with me regarding this leafy green. She has a love-hate relationship with spinach. She loves it because it’s…well…spinach: the…
I recently had my house repainted after a good ten years of tolerating bad, deteriorating paint. The necessary step left me with an opportunity: tons of empty 5-gallon buckets. I decided to fill the buckets with some potting soil and sow a few seeds to see how a fully grown plant would look inside it….